Claude L. Harrison

Claude Lionel Harrison (September 20, 1886[1] – March 12, 1986[2]) became the 44th mayor of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, after serving as the city's prosecutor[3] for forty years.[4]

The son of judge Eli Harrison and Eunice Mary Louisa Seabrook,[3] he was born in Victoria.[1] He was 64 years old when he was elected as mayor, serving from 1951 until 1955.[4]

In 1953, during Harrison's term as mayor, the Harrison Yacht Pond was built for use by model boats.[5]

After John Maitland Marshall, a librarian suspected of leftist leanings, was fired in 1954, Harrison stated that he would support the burning of any subversive books found on library shelves.[6]

Harrison died in Victoria at the age of 99.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Vital Event Birth Registration". BC Archives.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Vital Event Death Registration". BC Archives.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1929). Armorial families : a directory of gentlemen of coat-armour. Volume 1. p. 888.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Elms, Lindsay. "Claude Lionel Harrison". Beyond Nootka.
  5. ↑ "About Harrison Yacht Pond". Victoria Model Shipbuilding Society.
  6. ↑ "Book excerpt: Red Scare ensnared city's first bookmobile librarian". Victoria Times-Colonist. April 28, 2012.